https://www.scmp.com/rss/524803/feed Syngenta Group is a global agricultural technology company formed in 2000 from the merger of four companies: Syngenta Seeds, Syngenta Crop Protection, Adama and Syngenta Group China. Based in Basel, Switzerland, the group is wholly owned by ChemChina, a unit of China's state-owned chemicals company Sinochem. The group operates in over 90 countries around the world, providing farmers with seeds, crop-protection solutions and digital agriculture tools to improve productivity and sustainability. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Tom Hussain Tom Hussain How does a missile strike on a Qatari gas plant end up raising the price of rice in Bangladesh? The answer is fertiliser, an unglamorous commodity that nevertheless sustains much of what the world eats. Qatar burns natural gas to produce ammonia. Ammonia is converted into urea. Urea goes into the ground and out of the ground comes grain. Disrupt the first step, as Iran did when it struck QatarEnergy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing facility on March 1, and the consequences travel along... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3346201/war-iran-threatens-asias-food-supply-fertiliser-prices-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3346201/war-iran-threatens-asias-food-supply-fertiliser-prices-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Mar 2026 08:00:14 +0000 Mark Magnier Mark Magnier Beijing came under sharp criticism on Tuesday at a highly contentious US Congressional hearing on the influence of foreign funds in US politics – but so did US President Donald Trump. The hearing by the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, which shapes tax and tariff legislation, comes amid deep partisanship and Trump’s declining popularity ahead of a November midterm election. “Tax-exempt organisations funded by foreign donors are exploiting very lucrative US tax benefits to incite violence... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343119/china-and-trump-targeted-house-hearing-foreign-influence-us-non-profits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343119/china-and-trump-targeted-house-hearing-foreign-influence-us-non-profits?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:31:04 +0000 Cao Li,Aileen Chuang Cao Li,Aileen Chuang Leading agricultural technology firm Syngenta Group is considering a Hong Kong listing that could raise as much as US$10 billion, in what would rank among the city’s largest initial public offerings (IPOs) in recent years. The Swiss-founded company, acquired by Chinese state-owned Sinochem in 2017, is in talks with investment banks to arrange the share sale, sources told the South China Morning Post. CICC and UBS are among the banks that are advising on the listing. Both banks declined to... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342627/syngenta-eyes-return-markets-potential-us10-billion-hong-kong-debut?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3342627/syngenta-eyes-return-markets-potential-us10-billion-hong-kong-debut?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 06 Feb 2026 06:50:43 +0000 Eugene Tang Eugene Tang Jeff Rowe grinned with satisfaction when the dashboard of his John Deere combine harvester showed the yield of the first run on his family’s farm during this year’s harvest: 253 bushels per acre, equivalent to 13.8 tonnes of corn per hectare. The yield on the 100-acre Schubert parcel was the highest in many years, said Rowe, the CEO of Syngenta Group and the son of the owners of Rowe Farm, Dean and Carol. Located in the corn belt of Illinois state in the US Midwest, the farm used Syngenta’s... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3334833/ai-tops-mind-5th-generation-illinois-farmer-china-owned-syngentas-mega-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3334833/ai-tops-mind-5th-generation-illinois-farmer-china-owned-syngentas-mega-ipo?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 03:00:09 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Syngenta Group, one of the world’s largest agricultural technology firms, aims to boost its sales and service network in China by two-thirds in four years as the nation strives to achieve food-security and sustainability objectives. The company has set a target to expand its “modern agricultural platform” service centres in the country to 1,000 by 2028 from just over 600 currently, said Petra Laux, chief sustainability officer of the Basel, Switzerland-based company. “In China, which has a fifth... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3278895/agriculture-giant-syngenta-grow-china-beijing-seeks-food-security-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3278895/agriculture-giant-syngenta-grow-china-beijing-seeks-food-security-sustainability?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Sep 2024 00:00:13 +0000 Yujie Xue Yujie Xue Swiss agriculture technology giant Syngenta Group and US-based environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC) aim to restore millions of hectares of degraded land in China, Brazil and the United States in the next three years in an effort to transform the agriculture sector in the fight against climate change. The two entities, which have been collaborating since 2009 and entered into a global partnership in 2018, announced a three-year renewal of their collaboration on Thursday. They... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3263821/climate-change-syngenta-seeks-restore-millions-hectares-degraded-land-china-brazil-and-us-over-3?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3263821/climate-change-syngenta-seeks-restore-millions-hectares-degraded-land-china-brazil-and-us-over-3?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 May 2024 10:00:12 +0000 Yulu Ao Yulu Ao Swiss agrichemicals and seeds giant Syngenta Group has withdrawn its application for a listing in Shanghai amid mainland China’s slowing equities market, dashing hopes for one of the largest share sales this year in the country’s commercial hub. The Shanghai Stock Exchange said it had terminated a review of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) application after Syngenta applied to withdraw its IPO documents on Friday. “After careful consideration of the industry environment and the... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3257277/syngenta-withdraws-shanghai-ipo-application-will-restart-process-china-or-elsewhere-when-conditions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3257277/syngenta-withdraws-shanghai-ipo-application-will-restart-process-china-or-elsewhere-when-conditions?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 29 Mar 2024 14:30:11 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong Shanghai’s stock exchange has approved Syngenta Group’s 65 billion yuan (US$9.1 billion) initial public offering (IPO), giving its green light to what could be the world’s largest equities sale this year in China’s commercial hub. Syngenta planned to sell up to 2.78 billion yuan-denominated A-shares to fund its research and development, upgrade its agricultural platform, support global acquisitions and repay long-term debts, according to its draft prospectus. The company was queried on its... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3224339/syngenta-gets-nod-launch-us91-billion-shanghai-ipo-anchoring-worlds-biggest-stock-sale-year-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3224339/syngenta-gets-nod-launch-us91-billion-shanghai-ipo-anchoring-worlds-biggest-stock-sale-year-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:12:44 +0000 Zhang Shidong,Daniel Ren Zhang Shidong,Daniel Ren Syngenta Group, the Switzerland-based agrichemical giant, will withdraw its initial public offering (IPO) application on the Shanghai exchange’s Star Market and instead apply to list on the main board, paving the way for resuming what would be the second-largest ever stock sale in China. The decision was made because the implementation of a market-based IPO registration system has redefined the roles of the different boards on the exchange, Syngenta said in a press release on Thursday. The... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3221009/syngenta-shifts-ipo-application-shanghai-exchanges-main-board-star-market-indicating-revival-us93?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3221009/syngenta-shifts-ipo-application-shanghai-exchanges-main-board-star-market-indicating-revival-us93?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 May 2023 10:15:23 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong The Shanghai Stock Exchange scrapped a meeting to evaluate the listing plan from Syngenta Group, China’s state-controlled seeds and agrichemicals powerhouse, delaying what could be the year’s biggest initial public offering (IPO). The listing committee meeting, which was scheduled for Wednesday, was called off because the situation warrants a cancellation, the Shanghai exchange said in a three-sentence statement on its website on Tuesday night, without elaborating. Syngenta declined to comment... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3215196/shanghai-exchange-scraps-meeting-syngentas-us95-billion-ipo-disrupting-plans-worlds-biggest-offering?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3215196/shanghai-exchange-scraps-meeting-syngentas-us95-billion-ipo-disrupting-plans-worlds-biggest-offering?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Mar 2023 03:02:40 +0000 Reuters,Pearl Liu Reuters,Pearl Liu Switzerland-based, Chinese-owned agrichemical and seed giant Syngenta Group’s sales and core earnings growth eased during the third quarter, it said on Thursday ahead of a planned US$10 billion flotation within the next few months. Sales increased by 20 per cent to US$7.9 billion in the three months ended September 30, slightly slower than the 24 per cent increase during the second quarter. Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) increased by 24 per cent to US$1... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3197468/chinese-owned-agricultural-giant-syngenta-reports-slower-earnings-growth-it-prepares-us10-billion?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3197468/chinese-owned-agricultural-giant-syngenta-reports-slower-earnings-growth-it-prepares-us10-billion?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 27 Oct 2022 10:30:10 +0000 Pearl Liu Pearl Liu The first mission for Li Fanrong, who succeeded Frank Ning Gaoning last month as the chairman of Sinochem Holdings, will be to steer the successful completion of the US$10 billion initial public offering (IPO) of its agrichemicals unit Syngenta Group in Shanghai. Li, who turns 59 next month, has spent his entire career in China’s oil and gas industry, most recently as president of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), the nation’s largest oil producer. The petroleum production engineer,... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3192175/china-looks-career-engineer-li-fanrong-steer-syngentas-us10?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3192175/china-looks-career-engineer-li-fanrong-steer-syngentas-us10?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:00:10 +0000 Chad Bray Chad Bray Syngenta Group, the Swiss agrichemicals giant owned by state-backed China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), is going public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s Nasdaq-like Star Market in a transaction that could value it at US$60 billion, including debt. The company, which is based in Basel, expects to raise up to US$10 billion in what could be the biggest initial public offering globally this year, outpacing the US$6.2 billion raised by Chinese video-sharing platform Kuaishou Technology... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3145745/explainer-what-syngenta-and-why-it-set-be-years-biggest?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3145745/explainer-what-syngenta-and-why-it-set-be-years-biggest?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Aug 2021 09:00:12 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Crop technology firm Syngenta aims to quadruple its market share in China in the next five years, according to its chief financial officer. The Swiss-based multinational company was acquired by state-backed China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) 20 months ago for US$43 billion. Syngenta aims to achieve its growth goal partly via partnerships with both Chinese and overseas peers to bring advanced overseas crops-growing technology to China – the world’s largest agricultural products... https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2186513/crop-technology-firm-syngenta-helping-china-enhance-food-security?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/2186513/crop-technology-firm-syngenta-helping-china-enhance-food-security?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:03:27 +0000